If you are coming to town by boat, you can moor here, unload passengers, and get a bite to eat, overlooking the many boats and the eastern ...

If you are coming to town by boat, you can moor here, unload passengers, and get a bite to eat, overlooking the many boats and the eastern shore of New Jersey. If you're coming by foot, you can still grab a bite and a brew and enjoy a summer's evening.

A Robert Stern-designed floating barge opened on the Harlem River to bring the wonderfully demanding sport of rowing to Manhattan. This ...

A Robert Stern-designed floating barge opened on the Harlem River to bring the wonderfully demanding sport of rowing to Manhattan. This stellar New York Restoration Project is now an active boathouse for local schoolchildren and is home to the New York Rowing Association.

My father and I took one of these classes years ago. I wouldn't call myself Captain, but we learned to sail a beautiful little boat. The ...

My father and I took one of these classes years ago. I wouldn't call myself Captain, but we learned to sail a beautiful little boat. The classes are fun, educational, and offer amazing views of New York City.

This volunteer-run operation offers equipment and expertise to the swimming public free of charge at three locations along the Hudson ...

This volunteer-run operation offers equipment and expertise to the swimming public free of charge at three locations along the Hudson River: Pier 26 between Chambers and Canal Streets, Pier 96 at 56th Street, and at 72nd Street in Riverside Park. Learn the details through the link.

BOATING
It is very good news indeed that New York City is now home to a proper boathouse, if not yet a boathouse row. The Peter Jay Sharp Boathouse at Swindler Park is a smartly-designed facility with rowing instruction for the novice and facilities for the budding Olympian. The waters of the Harlem River may seem an inauspicious vantage from which to see Manhattan, but besides some local motorboat traffic the scene is breathtaking. In season (early Spring to late Autumn), crews are out in doubles, quads, and eights from pre-dawn to dusk. If you are a former rower, or looking to learn, you can take a beginner's class or join the Master's group for an annual membership fee. The boathouse is also home to an initiative supporting local youth rowing and houses a few local college crews, so there is always hubbub and activity at the boathouse.

Lower East Side

The East Village is home to immigrant families who have lived in the affordable housing here for generations (paid tribute to in the Lower East Side Tenement Museum and Katz’s Delicatessen, both on Delancey Street). The newly upscale profile of the East Village is headquartered on Rivington Street and embodied by the Rivington Hotel and restaurants like teany. An exploration of the East Village should be done on foot: walk east on First Street at mealtime where you’ll stumble upon Prune. East Village landmarks are Washington Square Park, New York University, and the Strand Bookstore; Tompkins Square Park and Chinatown (visit Pearl River Mart, a Chinese department store) are nearby.